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Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2014/2015 Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2014/2015

Table 6
Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system, by jurisdiction, 2014/2015
Table summary
This table displays the results of Operating expenditures of the adult correctional system. The information is grouped by Jurisdiction (appearing as row headers), Administration and central services, Custody, Community supervision, National and Provincial Parole Board, Total, Change from 2013/2014, Average daily inmate cost in 2014/2015 and Per capita cost in 2014/2015, calculated using thousands of dollars , percent and dollars units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Jurisdiction	Administration and central services	Custody	Community supervision	National and Provincial Parole Board	Total^Note 1	Change from 2013/2014^Note 2	Average daily inmate cost in 2014/2015^Note 3	Per capita cost in 2014/2015^Note 4
	Administration and central services	Custody	Community supervision	National and Provincial Parole Board	Total^Note 1	Change from 2013/2014^Note 2	Average daily inmate cost in 2014/2015^Note 3	Per capita cost in 2014/2015^Note 4
	thousands of dollars					percent	dollars
Newfoundland and Labrador	391	30,121	4,221	Note ...: not applicable	34,733	4.8	263.03	65.91
Prince Edward Island	468	8,169	1,356	Note ...: not applicable	9,992	1.0	213.63	68.31
Nova Scotia	4,943	35,246	8,260	Note ...: not applicable	48,449	-7.1	190.81	51.40
New Brunswick	1,313	30,879	3,895	Note ...: not applicable	36,088	8.0	207.21	47.87
Quebec	11,111	380,596	70,887	4,635	467,229	4.9	201.35	56.88
Ontario	53,910	619,237	114,175	2,309	789,632	1.9	217.92	57.73
Manitoba	2,916	168,454	19,365	Note ...: not applicable	190,735	-1.7	193.35	148.77
Saskatchewan	5,599	103,043	15,920	Note ...: not applicable	124,562	2.2	165.92	110.68
Alberta	4,861	146,363	28,663	Note ...: not applicable	179,887	-16.4	121.84	43.64
British Columbia	11,122	186,886	54,165	Note ...: not applicable	252,173	4.3	213.01	54.45
Yukon	384	10,491	2,270	Note ...: not applicable	13,146	0.0	377.56	360.05
Northwest Territories	1,184	25,165	3,260	Note ...: not applicable	29,608	-4.7	396.04	678.73
Nunavut	5,551	27,222	3,019	Note ...: not applicable	35,792	2.0	597.85	978.33
Provincial and territorial total	103,753	1,771,873	329,455	6,944	2,212,026	0.6	198.50	62.24
Federal^Note 5	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	1,492,366	125,591	50,122	2,424,744	-1.8	301.94	68.22
Total—all jurisdictions	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	Note ..: not available for a specific reference period	57,067	4,636,770	-0.7	238.10	130.46
.. not available for a specific reference period ... not applicable Note 1. Due to rounding, the total could be slightly different from the sum of expenditures by sector. For federal expenditures, total includes unknown operating expenditures. Return to note 1 referrer Note 2. The percentage change is calculated in constant dollars according to the all-items Consumer Price Index for 2013 and 2014 (CANSIM table 326-0021). Return to note 2 referrer Note 3. Average daily inmate cost is derived based on the institutional operating costs (custody) and the actual-in count (which represents persons held in custody under sentence, remand or who are otherwise legally required to be in custody and who are present at the time the count is taken) provided via the Corrections Key Indicator Report for Adults. Return to note 3 referrer Note 4. Per capita cost is the total operating expenditures on correctional services, divided by the total population on July 1, 2014. Total operating expenditures exclude capital expenditures. Methods of calculating expenditures may differ from one jurisdiction to another. Costs may also vary according to number of offenders admitted and the length of sentences. Therefore, caution should be exercised when comparing per capita costs from one jurisdiction to another. Return to note 4 referrer Note 5. Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) expenditures for 2014/2015 include CORCAN (a special operating agency of CSC). Comparisons to previous years should be made with caution. Return to note 5 referrer Source: Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics, Adult Correctional Services Survey, 2014/2015.

Date modified:: 2016-03-22